Who are Europeans?

Learning outcomes

After studying this course, you should be able to:

  • recognise that ‘European identity’ is a socially constructed attribute
  • appreciate the basis for the unities as well as the divisions among Europeans
  • understand the ways European identities are assessed and measured
  • appreciate the key role of ‘culture’ in the organisation of a common European identity
  • understand that European identity could be a bottom-up process as well as a top-down one.